Intro (spoken)
It's gonna be so hard, I know — breathe with me.
Verse 1
I walk the avenue where we used to laugh in halves,
City lights wink low, counting all the halves and halves,
Cassette tape in the backseat still has your laugh, it lasts,
I play it soft, let the bass hug the cracks in glass.
Late texts like footprints, they fade into the past,
You shrank in the frame, yeah, love went out too fast,
Mirror on the wall shows a heart with a cast,
Counting late-night prayers like coins until I'm out of cash.
I wrote your name on a napkin, left it in a cab,
Cold steam on the window where our breath used to grab,
DJ Balaxi on the line, he scratches time with a stab,
Fayaz in the corner, nodding slow, keeping tabs.
Every corner keeps a memory, a neon autograph,
I trade my sleep for waiting, stitch the day with half a laugh,
Hoping that tomorrow gives the punch back its craft,
But whispers in my chest say be patient — that's the path.
Pre-Chorus
Calm down, don't be sad, my heart
Don't look at me, I can't hear you
Chorus (user lines preserved)
Slowly, slowly, you got smaller
My heart, like a mirror
You were pure, my heart
Calm down, don't be sad, my heart
Verse 2 (16 bars)
85 BPM heartbeat, I measure loss in bars,
Got an 808 that stomps the gap between the stars,
You left a lighter, and a message on my car:
"Come find me when the city stops being hard."
I trace the route we danced — the sidewalk, the boulevard,
My chest a crowded subway, feelings packed and scarred,
I kept your raincoat folded in a drawer under guard,
The zip still sings your name when morning pulls the card.
Ink stains on the page where I wrote how you healed wounds,
I speak in dialects of midnight, hum old tunes,
Burning for you like matchboxes, spark the rooms,
Hopelines and deadlines — all the ways I resume.
I'm tired of waiting, but patience got its dues,
Maybe tomorrow folds its light into our news,
Enough worrying, I stitch hope into my shoes,
Tonight I ask the sky — give back the truth I lose.
Pre-Chorus (variation)
Don't look at me, I can't hear you
I'm burning for you, my heart
Chorus (user lines preserved)
Slowly, slowly, you got smaller
My heart, like a mirror
You were pure, my heart
Calm down, don't be sad, my heart
Bridge
You're in my chest, the city hums your name at dawn,
I'm tired of waiting, pocket full of torn-up songs,
Maybe tomorrow holds the rest of what went wrong,
Till then I lace my words into a steady calm.
Chorus (extended — user lines preserved exactly)
Slowly, slowly, you got smaller
My heart, like a mirror
You were pure, my heart
Calm down, don't be sad, my heart
Outro (kept close to original lines and feeling)
I'm burning for you, my heart
I'm hoping for you tonight
I know your pain
My heart, I'm hoping for you tonight
My heart, enough worrying
My heart, maybe tomorrow
